An integrated model of suicidal ideation in transcultural populations of Chinese adolescents
Author(s)
Ling, Chloe Ching Yin
Author(s)
Leung, C. L. K.
Kwok, S. Y. C. L.
Date Issued
2016
Publisher
Springer
Journal
Community Mental Health Journal
Volume
52
Issue
5
Start page
574
End page
581
Abstract
This study tested the model of suicidal ideation, incorporating family and personal factors to predict suicidal ideation with hopelessness as a mediating factor in the Hong Kong sample, to a sample in Shanghai. Using MGSEM, the study aims to investigate the personal correlates and the family correlates of suicidal ideation in Hong Kong and Shanghai adolescents. We integrated the family ecological and diathesis-stress-hopelessness models of suicidal ideation in connecting the correlates. A cross-sectional design was used. The full model achieved metric invariance and partial path-loading invariance. Family functioning and social problem solving negatively predicted hopelessness or suicidal ideation in both the Hong Kong and Shanghai adolescents. The results supported an integrative approach in facilitating parent-adolescent communication and strengthening family functioning, and reducing the use of negative social problem-solving styles in adolescent suicide prevention.
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Yes
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